Judging Addicts : : Drug Courts and Coercion in the Justice System / / Rebecca Tiger.
The number of people incarcerated in the U.S. now exceeds 2.3 million, due in part to the increasing criminalization of drug use: over 25% of people incarcerated in jails and prisons are there for drug offenses. Judging Addicts examines this increased criminalization of drugs and the medicalization...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Alternative Criminology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Both Bad and Sick
- 2. Criminalizing Deviance
- 3. “The Right Thing to Do for the Right Reasons”
- 4. “Enlightened Coercion”
- 5. “Force Is the Best Medicine”
- 6. “Now That We Know the Medicine Works”
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author